Year in Review – January 2017 (editorials) By Bree Royce - November 26, 2017 11:59 AM 0 Guild Chat: Reflecting on 2016’s MMO guild issues and commenter advice WoW Factor: A wishlist for 2017 in World of Warcraft Wisdom of Nym: Final Fantasy XIV and the ever-shifting landscape of class imagery Choose My Adventure: Preparing to re-enter Lord of the Rings Online Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR predictions for 2017 Chaos Theory: The Secret World says sayonara to 2016 Hi-Rez Expo 2017: Hands-on with online card game SMITE Rivals The Game Archaeologist: Hero’s Journey Leaderboard: Which Daybreak MMO is most vulnerable in 2017? Flameseeker Chronicles: Ten things I’d forgotten from Guild Wars 2’s Living World Season 1 Jukebox Heroes: Six MMOs that need official soundtrack releases Tamriel Infinium: Elder Scrolls Online’s Homestead player housing blew my mind Choose My Adventure: Starting my journey in Lord of the Rings Online EverQuesting: The loss of Landmark WoW Factor: New classes in a post-Legion world One Shots: Tabula Rasa’s 21-gun salute Guild Chat: Balancing real life and MMORPG commitments MMO lockboxes, keys, and booster packs: Gambling or gaming? Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR Creative director discusses a ‘new adversary’ Perfect Ten: The MMOs with the most unclear futures in 2017 Choose My Adventure: The most depressing road trip in Lord of the Rings Online Massively Overthinking: The future of a global MMORPG industry Massively OP Interview: Standing Stone on LOTRO, DDO, and Daybreak Examining the potential for exercise and exploration in Pokemon GO Massively OP Interview: Exploring LOTRO with the Tolkien Professor Hyperspace Beacon: SWTOR’s Creative Director on Uprisings and Update 5.1 Wisdom of Nym: First impressions of Final Fantasy XIV’s patch 3.5, part one The Daily Grind: Have you ever participated in a protest in an MMORPG? Flameseeker Chronicles: A guide to Forsaken Thicket, Guild Wars 2’s first raid In appreciation for Dereth: The life and times of Asheron’s Call Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that walk on the weird side Massively Overthinking: Death and dying in MMORPGs WoW Factor: The state of professions in Legion In appreciation for post-apoc Dereth: The life and times of Asheron’s Call 2 Ten life lessons I learned from the Asheron’s Call series